syringe feeding 3 1/2 year old

December 12, 2007

we have had our 3 1/2 yr old on scd for a year now. for 1 full year

he self-limited his diet to include: fruit juices, fruit leather,

applesauce, eggs, cookies with honey and almond nut flour and pork

rinds. i know now that we were feeding his yeast and this time around

we are pulling almost all fruit and honey to starve the yeastie

beasties out. i am sure his cravings for natural sugar will stop

after a while without these food items. the only way we were able to

get him to eat intro foods was through a syringe while my husband

holds him down. he hates it but he is finally getting the foods he is

supposed to get & is " perking up " . it is a relief to finally get goat

yogurt into his malnutritioned little body. we are pureeing chicken,

carrots, yogurt, dccc and eggs. his beverages are water and very

diluted grape juice. he still has diarhea so i will continue the

intro for 5 days. when he is on stage 1 his beverage will only be

fresh squeezed lemonade with a tinge of aluminum-free baking soda to

get rid of acidity (no more fruit juices). this time i am not going

to introduce later stage foods too soon and don't care if we have to

syringe feed him for a year as long as we know he is getting what he

is supposed to get. my son, cole, is the kid who went 9 days without

eating when we 1st started scd 1 yr ago so i expect he will be on the

2 tsp syringe feedings for quite some time.

our rehab center told us that force feeding was bad. we saw no

other " option " . has anyone else had to go to these extremes to get

good healthy scd food into their kids?

eileen (mom with heavy metal toxicity & cfs)

mom of 2 asd kids and 1 NT who also has digestive issues

December 12, 2007

Eileen, just FYI, my understanding is that the yogurt and DCCC are

not on the intro diet -- wondering if that is contributing to the

loose BM? I am glad to hear he is perking up though! Kim

>

> we have had our 3 1/2 yr old on scd for a year now. for 1 full year

> he self-limited his diet to include: fruit juices, fruit leather,

> applesauce, eggs, cookies with honey and almond nut flour and pork

> rinds. i know now that we were feeding his yeast and this time

around

> we are pulling almost all fruit and honey to starve the yeastie

> beasties out. i am sure his cravings for natural sugar will stop

> after a while without these food items. the only way we were able

to

> get him to eat intro foods was through a syringe while my husband

> holds him down. he hates it but he is finally getting the foods he

is

> supposed to get & is " perking up " . it is a relief to finally get

goat

> yogurt into his malnutritioned little body. we are pureeing

chicken,

> carrots, yogurt, dccc and eggs. his beverages are water and very

> diluted grape juice. he still has diarhea so i will continue the

> intro for 5 days. when he is on stage 1 his beverage will only be

> fresh squeezed lemonade with a tinge of aluminum-free baking soda

to

> get rid of acidity (no more fruit juices). this time i am not going

> to introduce later stage foods too soon and don't care if we have

to

> syringe feed him for a year as long as we know he is getting what

he

> is supposed to get. my son, cole, is the kid who went 9 days

without

> eating when we 1st started scd 1 yr ago so i expect he will be on

the

> 2 tsp syringe feedings for quite some time.

>

> our rehab center told us that force feeding was bad. we saw no

> other " option " . has anyone else had to go to these extremes to get

> good healthy scd food into their kids?

>

> eileen (mom with heavy metal toxicity & cfs)

> mom of 2 asd kids and 1 NT who also has digestive issues

>

December 12, 2007

i thought dccc and yogurt were allowed in the intro because it is in

the cheesecake recipe. i hope i don't have to start the intro over

again.

> >

> > we have had our 3 1/2 yr old on scd for a year now. for 1 full

year

> > he self-limited his diet to include: fruit juices, fruit leather,

> > applesauce, eggs, cookies with honey and almond nut flour and

pork

> > rinds. i know now that we were feeding his yeast and this time

> around

> > we are pulling almost all fruit and honey to starve the yeastie

> > beasties out. i am sure his cravings for natural sugar will stop

> > after a while without these food items. the only way we were able

> to

> > get him to eat intro foods was through a syringe while my husband

> > holds him down. he hates it but he is finally getting the foods

he

> is

> > supposed to get & is " perking up " . it is a relief to finally get

> goat

> > yogurt into his malnutritioned little body. we are pureeing

> chicken,

> > carrots, yogurt, dccc and eggs. his beverages are water and very

> > diluted grape juice. he still has diarhea so i will continue the

> > intro for 5 days. when he is on stage 1 his beverage will only be

> > fresh squeezed lemonade with a tinge of aluminum-free baking soda

> to

> > get rid of acidity (no more fruit juices). this time i am not

going

> > to introduce later stage foods too soon and don't care if we have

> to

> > syringe feed him for a year as long as we know he is getting what

> he

> > is supposed to get. my son, cole, is the kid who went 9 days

> without

> > eating when we 1st started scd 1 yr ago so i expect he will be on

> the

> > 2 tsp syringe feedings for quite some time.

> >

> > our rehab center told us that force feeding was bad. we saw no

> > other " option " . has anyone else had to go to these extremes to

get

> > good healthy scd food into their kids?

> >

> > eileen (mom with heavy metal toxicity & cfs)

> > mom of 2 asd kids and 1 NT who also has digestive issues

> >

>

December 12, 2007

Since you are in such a difficult situation, I will say what I think and hope

that it will help you. If I were in your situation, I would do several things

differently.

To begin with, I would start on the Caveman Diet. The Caveman Diet is SCD, but

unlike the starter diet kids usually go on, it begins with a list of foods that

rarely if ever cause food sensitivities. I would get an IGG delayed food

sensitivity test and then, slowly add foods to the Caveman that are from the SCD

legal list, but without the things that my child is sensitive to. I would not

force feed him for several reasons. First, because if he has an inflamed and

unhealthy digestive system, which I would bet my life on, he may not be

absorbing much anyway and forcing it down him won't help him heal. Second,

because parents provide love and support, and our kids need love and support

more than other children. Force feeding him pulls that relationship apart and

gives him and you more stress. Stress is the enemy of absorbtion and the enemy

of enjoyment. Enjoying food is part of why we eat.

You can find the Caveman Diet here:

http://www.childrenscornerschool.com/diet.htm

I would not feed him eggs, almonds or carrots until after the IGG test results

came back. Many people cannot digest these foods. I wouldn't give him baking

soda with his juice. Instead of goat yogurt I would go 100% non dairy and give

him coconut keifer instead.

I also think sensory problems might be adding more problems for him. There is

a wonderful video on youtube from philcommander about getting your child to eat

foods he doesn't like. I suggest you take a look.

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